The Project INVISIBLE, led by the Portuguese scientist Elvira Fortunato was one of the winners of the European prize Horizon Impact Award 2020. The winners were announced at the European Research and Innovation Days, on the 23rd of September. An independent jury selected the winning projects from 10 finalists. Each of the winners will receive €10 000.

INVISIBLE allowed the development of the first transparent display produced with eco-sustainable materials. This fundamental research lead to other innovative developments in multi-billion-dollar industries such as ink-jet printing and smart medical diagnostics.

INVISIBLE was developed at Centro de Investigação de Materiais (CENIMAT) in partnership with SAMSUNG. Elvira Fortunato is Full Professor and Vice-Rector at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Director of the research centre CENIMAT. She has received many national and international awards and was recipient of two ERC Advanced Grants (the last one still running). She is one of the seven Chief Scientific Advisors for the European Commission.

Horizon Impact Award 2020 distinguishes outstanding projects funded by the European Union that have used their results to provide value for society.